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In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. I
THERE Is no depreslon In the
number of traffic fatalities and
accidents. In these days of
business worries and troubles
every one is taking a saner and
more serious outlook on life except in
regards to motoring. Dwarfed mental
ity is still existent among many of the
men and women behind the steering
wheel. Unfortunately their attitude
does not only bring danger to them
selves, but to countless other people who
think right and are innocent.
If a machine was as dangerous to
life and property as some of the drivers
it would not be on the highways, but in
a repair shop. A pity it is that there
Is not some repair shop for drivers or
some anti-knock gas that would pep
up their mental inferioritias.
It is the same at night as during the
day. At all times the streets of the
cities, the highways of the country are
filled with a menacing group to safety.
Utier disregard for the rights of others
Is constantly portrayed.
Scene of Recklessness.
Even the wide Baltimore-Washing
ton boulevard is the scene of reckless
ness that prevents that splendid road
way from being safe. Despite the erec
tion of signs all along the thorough
fare that the left lane Is only for pas
sing. scores of vehicles are continually
seen running along at all speeds as if
1t was a private course for each indi
vidual.
One old rule of the road calls for
the driver of a vehicle to pull over to
the right when a horn is sounded be
hind him so that the driver of the car
in back may pass. Not only will many
motorists disregard this signal, but will
pull out to the left and attempt to
pass a car himself. The danger of this
action is apparent.
During any drive around the National
Capital scores of drivers will be teen
cutting in when a car is approaching
from another direction and passing on
a hill or a curve where the view Is en
tirely obstructed a few feet ahead.
What is the desire of a motorist to
beat the other fellow to it when the
■'it" in question is an accident? Is it
a form of sadism? If so the asylums
are full of people with less insanity
traits.
l arumai * iriurs arcuru.
Among the cardinal virtues needed by
the motorist who would drive with safe
ty.accoi ding to Sidney J. Williams, pub
lic safety director of the National Safe
ty Council, should be listed alertness, a
nicely balanced sense of confidence, and
an appreciation of highway etiquette.
Confidence goes hand In hand with
alertness, he says. It should be pitched
to just the right degree. Too much
confidence leads to disaster and too
little means a dangerous timidity. Timid
drivers slow up or stop at intersections
when they should go ahead, which is
just about as bad as going ahead when
they should stop. To drive In heavy
traffic require* a steady hand and an
alert brain.
■'Driving a car.” says Williams, ‘'is
practical exercise in tile application o!
the Golden Rule. Assuming that you
know how to drive—for no amount of
good Intentions will replace necessary
knowledge and skill—the rest can be
summed up very simply. Just consider
the other driver and the pedestrian,
and behave toward him as you would
like to have him act toward you II
your positions were reversed. If a
motorist will do that, lie will be a safe
driver.”
The Financial Status.
In this day of budget balancing the
financial story of motor accidents is of
interest. On this matter one of the
large lnsrance companies has the fol
lowing to say:
Wrong conditions are too often per
mitted to exist until their results are
so apparent that the need for correc
tion becomes obvious to all.
During the last quarter century there
has come about a revolution in the
methods of personal transportation. The
automobile has changed materially the
whole texture of our live*. It has j
brought many benefits, but there have
abo arisen certain tremendous evils.
Chief of these Is the terrific sacrifice of
life and limb occasioned almost wholly
by thoughtless, careless, reckless driving.
The authomubile manufacturers have
virtually perfected their product and
highway engineers have given us roads
guarded by many safety features. Yet
in spite of every material safeguarded,
automobile accidents continue to in
n-ease at an alarming rate.
It lias been said that "some men's
consciences are locked in their purses"
and tills thought seems to be borne out
ill the mutter of safe driving. Al
though it is a severe indictment, it
really seems that only as the rank and
file of motorists grasp the economic
phases of the automobile accident sit
uation will they make a serious effort
to correct their unsafe driving practices.
The recent automobile liability In
surance rate increases should serve as j
a powerful reminder tiiat "the public j
makes the rates." This truth Is graphi
cally demonstrated In a recent publlca- I
tion of a life affiliated insurance com
pany entitled "Here Are the Far. ’!
Although tills pamphlet was Issued pn- j
■partly for the use1M agents hi Justify-I
In the rate increases. Its secondary, and
really fundamental, value Is as a most !
apropos contribution to the cause of |
highway safety.
Small wonder that the rates have
advanced! In tire light of the pertinent
information revealed by this booklet, it
is at once apparent that automobile
accident frequency and sevtrity deter
mine the cost of automobile liability
insurance: 12 cars on the road In 1931
to every one In 1914: 215,000 automobile
deatlis In 10 years: 28 per cent more
automobile accident claims in 1930
than In 1928. These are thought-pro- I
vuking facts that cannot be gainsaid. |
rrrveiitlug future Delicts.
Present rates have not been raised'
to make up past deticits. but to prevent j
future deticits. If the companies liave
again underestimated their lusses. rates |
must cuiitinue to advance year by year.;
For, let It be clearly understood, in
surance companies can only divide the
losses among their policyholders. As
the outgo i claim settlements» Increases,
income i premiums i must be Increased
proportionately. Consequently, accident
frequency and severity directly affect
the cost of insurance.
There is another factor which, al
though not directly cited in the .Etna's
booklet, also has an important bearing
on the subject. This is the matter of
the public's attitude toward jury awards
in automobile liability suits. Every ver
dict against an insured motorist adds
just that much to the total losses
chargeable to annual "experience."
upon which liability rates are based.
Awards wholly Inconsistent with actual
injuries suffered are to be deplored. II
is utterly false reasoning on the part
of jurymen to assume that "the in
surance company will pay, so why not
give the plaintiff what lie wauls"
Every excessive automobile liability
verdict tends to increase tire cost of
each policyholder's protection.
Just as governmental expenses can
not be increased Indefinitely without
being reflected in increased taxation,
so increased automobile accidents with
their almost inevitable resultant law
suits cannot fail to bring higher rates.
Tilts is indeed a day of reckoning
Lrt us all resolve to do our bit to Cor
rect the situation.
April Factory Sales.
The automotive industry is showing
a slight gain. April lactory sales of
automobiles manufactured ill the United
; Slates, including foreign assemblies
from parts made in this country, based
on data reported to the Bureau of Cen
sus. consisted of 148.013 vehicles, of
which 120.841 were passenger cars.
! 27.141 trucks snd 31 taxicabs, as com
pared with 118.050 vehicles In March,
i The totals are still below the sales of
last year.
Milady’s Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. Rl'SSELL.
At the wheel, at least, we are speed
ing toward the gay nineties.
Women have been viewing with
skepticism the new "doughnut'’ or
roly-poly tires. "I can’t lift the pres
ent tires.” said one. ”How do they
expect me to handle a giant tire like
that?”
Fear not, for science has It all fig
ured out. The new tires are bulky,
but light. And here's real good news:
They go down so slowly you can have
a puncture and finish the shopping
for dinner before calling up Hie dub
to have it changed.
I never sit in a theater and read
the program caution to "pick your exit
now” without wondering why it is so
many motorists will get into a strange
car and never think to notice how the
door handles must be operated in
order to provide a quick exit in an
emergency. Not all door handles work
the same way. If you pull back on
some you lock the door: on others you
imprison yourself momentarily if you
push on the handle. Just take a look
at the situation before you settle down
and say, "Home, Nellie, to the driver.
Put this down as the week's safety
scrmonette: Always pull on the hand
brake when stopp.ng the car, except
in traffic. It is surprising how many
time* the car will start to move, and
how far It will move before you are
aware of the danger.
Free safety through non-scatterable
glass Is a big feature of today's motor
ing. but don't spoil the idea by getting
careless. If the glass Is cracked you'll
have to replace it. The non-scattering
feature doesn’t eliminate the shatter
ing. I pass this along because I've
just heard of a case where a woman
kept too close behind another car
when driving fast up a road with con
siderable gravel and loose stones. One
of the stones was tossed up by a rear
tire of the car ahead, and made its
indelible mark on the windshield be
hind.
Bats off to Lola Lawrence, w-ho won
a California economy run by averaging
21.98 road miles per gallon. It just
goes to show what can be done when
you put your mind on a job. A lot of
people driving similar cars fail to get
maximum results largely because the/
keep watching the gas gauge Instead
of the brake pedal. Every unnecessary
{ Motor Don'ts
I Don't leave Car PARKEoTyiTH™1
I Windows or Ventilators Open!
With thundershower .season-Here
IT IS RISKY TO LEAVE VENTILATORS OR
WINDOWS OPEN. UPHOLSTERY IS NEVER
THE SAME AFTER A GOOD SOAKlNG.AND
WET WISING UNDER THE COWL MAY
PREVENT STARTING. THE NEW TYPE HOOD
LOUVRES SHOULD BE SMUT "IDO. AS THEY
JXBOSEJNMSjrrBIBUjeJVBa^DE^
stop wastes gas. You can't kill mo
mentum unless you have expended
fuel to build It up.
It's not one of the new features of
the automobile, but evidently many
women are just being introduced to it
for the first time. 60 just a word
about the clutch-release mechanism.
You will hear it referred to as
thruwout collar, the clutch-release
bearing, the clutch yoke, and so on.
Just figure it as a holt of collar that
is connected to the clutch pedal. When
you press down on the pedal the collar
lc drawn back. Tills pulls the driven
plates of the clutch away from the
driving plates.
Simple enough. Now this Is a hard
working part, which means that it
needs plenty of lubrication. On some
cars this is aulonialically taken care
of by a centralized system, and on
some others the bearing is self-lubri
cating. But that isn't all. You can
strain any one of tlir several types by
holding your foot against the pedal
while the car Is In motion.
Whenever I see a woman dash
around behind a cur that Is twinging
into the street from a driveway X won
der what would iiapprn if tiie motor of
tile intruding car stalled. Most of us
seem to think the only stall that need
concern us is our own. Last's forget
that one.
The other driver's stall Is our prob
lem as well. It Is positively danger
ous to figure tliat because the other
car is in motion it will keep on get
ting out of the way, especially when
It is plain that the car Is Just starting
out. Most drivers pull on the brake
when the motor stalls, even though this
seldom is necessary. Suppose the
driver of the other car proves to be
quite normal in this respect—and the
motor stalls. Where are you?
A little reasoning goes a long way
toward making driving safer and
easier, but a little experience often is
a safer guide. Recently a woman fig
ured that because the brakes were
known to be out of equalization her
best plan was to use them gingerly.
This resulted in throwing the car into
a skid. Had she applied the brakes
firmly the factor of inequality would
have been eliminated. This doesn't al
ways work, but experience shows that
It usually Ls more effective than the
plan worked out by reason.
Cars, like ourselves, seem to be able
to stand so much and no more. I was
reminded of tills the oilier evening at
bridge alien a woman told of her expe
rience with the car while she was hur
rying. Stie had made some quick
shifts and then, while accelerating,
found the car behaving strangely.
What happened, according to the me
chanic who diagnosed the trouble, was
that the clutch had been overworked
during the high-speed shifting. The
added strain of rapid acceleration was
the proverbial straw.
Automotive Briefs
R E. Griffin, manager of the Alemite
Company of Washington, announces
the opening of a retail sales and serv
ice station at 2337 Champlain Street
northwest. Mr. Griffin has been as
sociated with the Alemite Company
1 here for many years and is well known
: ill Washington automotive circles. As
sociated with him In this new enter
prise Is the same force.
Ample Sufficiency.
Motorist—Shall I take this road te
Bingvili*?
Native—"Taint neeauary; they al
ready got one road there.
“FINEST” AUTO IP
Bryce Canyon, Kaibab Forest
and Painted Desert Held
Alluring.
BY ERNEST N. SMITH.
Executive Vice President. American Automo
bile Association.
NOTE: This is our <>/ a series of
articles prepared by Mr. Smith in
the interests of motoring They will
appear exclusively in Washington in
The Sunday Star.
I slmll be assaulted by Chambers of
Commerce and motor dubs everywhere
for my temerity In selecting the greatest
automobile trip hi the United mutes,
but I stick to iny cars -of all the as
sorted travel thrills that one may seek
In this country they call all be packed
Into a single week's Journey lrom Salt
Lake City.
Pur one may sit on the edge of the
mesa and gaze down Into a wonder
land of exquisite beauty and a riot of
coloring. At another spot you follow
the course of a tumbling stream and
gave upward at towering clltTs and
mountains of regal magnificence, cross
the high plateau of the Kaibab Na
tional forest, dean swept as an Eng
lish park. In a four hours’ drive
through the forest, we counted over
10U deer. And then the brilliant ex
panse of the fainted Desert, carpeted
with wild flower* which are not more
eoloiful than the "painted" cliffs that
hedge Uie horizon. And reserve for
the last that never-to-be-forgotten
moment when you first gaze into the
Grand Cuncon, a mile deep and 1U
miles wide.
Far From Railroads.
Tills Journey I am urging you to
take is far removed from the railroads,
but is easily made by motor car from
Salt Lake or bus from Cedar Point.
Utah, the nearest ruilroad point. The
trip is made over excellent highways.
Superior accommodations may be found
en route. I say that the journey can
be made easily ill a week, but 10 days
are better.
In tlie space of these articles I can
give only the highlights of our trip,
but I have sent hundreds upon thus
unique journey and none has ever failed
to tell me I underestimated its beauty,
its charm and its magnificence.
On the journey I am describing we
left Salt Lake City at 10 p.m. and drove
254 miles through the night to reach
the rim of Bryce Canyon exactly at
daylight. There sitting us emperors We
gazed down into a horseshoe ampi
tlieater three miles long and two wide
and watched the rising siui play upon
tlie colorings of liuture's magic city.
There were sculptured terraces of blue
and red sandstone and pinnacles that
reared a thousand feet from the floor
of the valley and yet Were below Us.
The while limestone tips of gieat
colon.Hi shaded off Into purple and
blur and tan and the shadows hovered
over castles and ruined fortifications
and leaning towers. And In the dis
tance was the laCe-llke tracery of
crumbling walls all this the woik or
nature, with the ruins and snows and
winds acting as the Implements of a
titanic sculptor who Is modeling and
remodeling and altering throughout
the ages.
Leaving Bryce Canyon.
We left Bryce Canyon reluctantly as
Hie sun lose lilgli and drove 15U miles
south, reaching the north rim of the
Orahd Canyon just at dusk. We spent
the night at a camp, hut now a splen
did hotel oil the edge of the canyon
gives shelter and food, and from here
burro trails and footpattis lead one
Into endless adventure, even to the
bottom of the canyon Itself, where one
may cross the Colorado Kivrr on a
suspension bridge and climb to El
Tover. the hotel on the opposite rltn.
This Is a two days’ Journey one way.
Tlie wonderland of the Orand
Canyon has been described repeatedly
by abler pens than mine. Suffice it
to say here that in my opinion the
north rim Is the better one to visit.
It is 1,000 feet higher than the oppo
site rim. has more vantage points for
views and a more interesting adjacent
country.
Cool winds were at our back as we
drove north from the upper rim of
the Grand Canyon headed for Zion
National Park. 125 miles distant. Dur
ing the early morning we motored
leisurely along through the Kalbab
Forest, the occasional yellowing aspens
flaring like a parrot's plumage in the
somber green of the forest. Beneath
the trees the ground was swept as
clean as an English estate. At nearly
every turn of the road, deer of various
sizes and in assorted groups flashed
between the trees. Young ones would
bound madly away and zigzag through
the forests at top speed, while their
elders would regard us curiously until
we swept <lu«e. when they would bounce
Jerkily off brhlnd the shelter of the
nearest tree and there watch our
retreat.
Suddenly the plateau ended, and
from our elevation of 8.IKK) feet we
gazed down at a magnificent plain. No
house, or village, or tree, or human
being was visible for miles, but tile
clean earth swept like a great red
carpet almost to the horizon and tiler*
ended at the foot of tiie distant moun
tain range, which rose, tier upon tier
- red. blue, green, yellow, pink strata*
of magnificence rearing upward until
the crests, lust in the haze, became a
part of the crystal blue of the skies
above, while still higher in the heavens
clouds hung—fleecy, motionless. Far
below us we caught occasional glimpses
of our road, elusive as a ribbon, as it
ran in and out among the foothills and
disappeared in the North.
Coast Down Plateau.
We coasted down the plateau and
ran out on the plain below. Recent
rains had packed the gravel close. The
road was wide and unoccupied and
we thrilled to the freedom of coursing
over it at 50 miles an hour, secure in
the thought that we could see miles
in every direction, and here at least
speed laws and traffic signals were non
essential.
Running swiftly to the north for
perhaps an hour, we rounded an arm
of the mountain range Jutting out on
the plain like a cape in the sea, and
nestling at the foot among the trees was
the tiny Mormon settlement of Fre
donia. Here we took on water, oil and
a maximum load of gas (cheap enough
at 60 cents a gallon when over 100 miles
from the nearest railroad). leaving
tile main highway here, we struck due
north across Die Painted Desert, over a
wild and lonesome read that changed
its course continually, as sudden
washes in the rainy season left a gap
where once the highway ran.
It became warmer, and in a few
hours we stopped at the mail station
at Pipe Springs, a weatherbeaten, over
heated oasis in the desert, visible for
miles and a welcome sight to the
traveler because of the shade trees and
the cool waters.
Late in the afternoon we pitched
over the rise of a drab mesa and sud
denly directly ahead stood the great
triple-headed mass of bright red moun
tain peaks—the Three Patriarchs. In
a short time there loomed into view
also The Watchman and West Temple,
which guard the entrance to Zion and
rise abruptly to a height of 2,500 feet.
Here we entered alongside the Muku*>
tuweap River. In Zion one enters by
the floor of the valley and gazes up
ward. At Bryce one enters at the top
most edge and gazes downward. Tliat
Is why thes&Uwo parks should be seen
in succession.
Natural Colors Amazing.
The natural colors are quite as amaz
ing as in Bryce Canyon, but in lieu
of the delicate tracery of the former,
Zion Park shows its oorgemuness In
flaming cliffs of stupendous site ud
peaks of great proportions. VwM reds
DOWN THE ROAD—Recollections. —By FRANK BECK I
The old cars afforded
MORE PROTECTION THAN
SOME PEOPLE REALIZED
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NEWS OF THE CLUBS
Women's Guild of Amerlean Univer
sity.—Mr*. Peter M. Anderson pre ided
at the annual inerting in Hurst Hull.
Mrs. Arthur C. Christie, Mrs. Eugene
Wesley Shaw, and Mis* Mary Louise
Brown, group chairmen; Treasurer Mrs.
W. S Dew hirst. Mrs. Geurge B. Wood*
and Mrs. Luelus C. Clark gave reports.
A luncheon was held at the Women's
Residence Hall, when the trustees of
the university acted as hosts.
The Cultus Club met at the home of
Mrs. William Corby. After luncheon
the meeting was called to order by the
piesident. Mrs. Charles Demonet. Mrs.
Clifford K Berryman ga\e a paper on
"Modern Humorists" and Mrs. Polkln
horn a paper on "Rock Creek Park.’’
Tlie next meeting will be October 4.
Twentieth Onlury Club.—Tlie gar
den section. Mrs. Benjamin E. Smith,
chairman, invites the members of the
club to join them on a pilgrimage to
the Monastery Gardens Tuesday. A
bus will leave the Y. W C A. at 1:30
p m. Reservations must be made to
Mrs. Stephen Olup, Cleveland 3067, hot
later than tonight.
The executive board appointed the
following Committee chairmen: Pro
gram, Mis. Ernest Bit knell: Member
ship, Mrs. D. Kerfoot Shute: Finance.
Miss Joy Webster: Hospitality. Mrs.
Samuel Bluelus; Press. Mis. William
Ridgely Chaplhie: Printing. Mias Myra
Hendley: Legislative. Mrs. Gilbert Gros
Veuor: Ushers. Mrs V. B Jackson. The
tollowing seclloii chairmen were also
appointed’ Arl. Mis. Arthur J. Seaton.
Civics, Mrs. Edwin G. Nourse; Educa
tion. Mrs. Lawrence Martin: French.
Mrs Francis L. Hawes: Garden. Mrs.
Benjamin E Smith: International Out
look, Mrs Oeorge F Bowel man. Litera
ture, Mrs. John Oito Johnson: Music,
Mis. Eugene Byrnes Nature, Mrs. Leo
D Miner: Parliamentary I**, Mrs. Ed.
ward B Clark.
The members of the club have been
Invited to be guests of the command
ing officer of the U. S S Constitution.
Oil a personally Conducted tour of the
ship. June 20 between 10 a.in. and
5 p in.
Wooten's Club of North Beach. Md.—
Mrs. Grace Ryan of Kensington gave a
Colonial garden party and tea In honor
of tlie club. The women of the Bicen
tennial Committee of Kensington as
sisted the hostess with music, and the
children from the school, In costumes,
danced the minuet.
Deutwhrr liter arise her V ere in met at
the hunie of the president. Miss Anita
Schade. 1529 Rhode Island avenue.
“Die Aufrichtigen,” a one-act comedy
by Olga Sterner, was acted by Anita
Virginia Muller and IUe E. Kotz.
"Prlnzessin Unnatur." a fairy play, was
presented by boys and gills of Central
High School. A program of music was
rendered between the two plays. Those
taking part were Ina Holtzscheiter, so
prano. accompanied by Marjorie Davis:
Gracella Hobley. violinist, accompanied
by Dorothy Hobley: Girte von Bayer,
pianist, and Mrs. P. S. Graven, who
sang. Ailalla North spoke tlie "Epi
logue, " especially written for tlie occa
sion by tlie president. Dr. Bassler of
Vienna. Austria, made a short speech,
i and Rev. diaries Enders of Concordia
Lutheran Church gave an address.
Delta Sigma Chapter of the Delphian
Society will meet June ti in tlie Shore
ham Hotel at 1U a m. Mrs. Nalls will
be tile leader. 'Hie program will be at
follows: Subject, “Rome, tlie Builder";
general theme. "Contributions to Our
Civilization from Roman Ait. Archi
tecture and Social Organization"; the
j Delphian traveler. “Renaissance Art
and Architecture Derived From Rome";
preparatory discussion. "Tlie Source of
Rome's Weakness"; topics for report.
"The City of Rome." “Characteristics
of Roman Art" and "Roman Contri
butions to Civilization.” There will be
election of officers.
The Free Lance Club.—At the last
meeting. Evelyn Crane, originator and
organizer, resigned as secretary. Jean
Pritchard. Gertrude McKenzie and
Bobbie Hayes read stories.
Election of officers will be held June
9 at 8 p.m. at 1106 Connecticut avenue.
Stories will be read by Georgia Redway,
Col. Edmund Sayer and Felix Schwartz.
Curly Club.—Arrangements are be
ing completed for a benefit performance
at the National Theater the latter part
of June. The Entertainment Committee
is arranging for a family excursion to
Marshall Hall in July.
Members attended a dance Tuesday
evening at the home of Miss Sylviana
Bernard in Bethesda. Md. John L. Don
nelly is completing arrangements for a
lawn fete in July.
The next meeting will be held In the
Continental Hotel. June 9. when the
principal feature of the business session
will be the nomination of officers. Elec
tions will be June 23.
District of Columbia League of
American Pen Women. -Mis. Agnes
Giles Newman, parliamentarian, enter
tained the. board members last Tues
day at supper In her Virginia country
home. Wellington Villa, on the Mount
Vernon Boulevard.
All activities had joumed until the
business meeting. September 26.
Susan B. Anthony Foundation, Inc.
—The animal meeting was held at the
home of the late Dr. Kate Waller Bar
ret, In Alexandria, Va.. when the follow
ing officers were elected: Honorary presi
dent. Mrs. Anna E. Hendley; president,
Mrs, Percy M. Bailey: first vice presl
are to be seen sometimes two-thirds of
the way to the top and then comes a
crown of cream-colored shale.
The Angel's Landing, tlfe Great
White Throne, the Vermillion Cliff,
the Mountain of Mystery—all form a
background of adventure. Photograph
them, paint them, fUh at their base,
ride around them on horseback, climb
them If you can, or perhaps just loll
away the Summer days and star
studded nights in quiet contemplation
as certain as were those early Mormon
(settlers that here indeed was a temple
of Gad «nd a refuge from the trials
And tribulations of a disordered Ufa.
(Copyright, 1933.)
dent. Mrs Rose Arnold Powell: second
vice president, Mrs. Ada Van Loon
MaeGee; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. H.
Moflatt Bradley.
Gamma Chapter, Delphian Society.
met at the Shorthain Hotel. Those con
tributing to tne program were Miss
Lulu G. Adams. Miss Alice Cushman,
Miss Clara Dickerson. Miss O. N.Fuus
lar, Mrs. Ella G. Prescott, Mrs. E.
Emerson Snyder, Mrs Jessie Kraus*.
Miss Olive Newbold, Miss Emma Hot
ter and Mrs. Bertram C. Moore. The
jtwel given to the past, president v.as
presented by Mrs. Lachowlcg to Mrs.
Evelyn Bright Buckley.
The chapter will be guests of the
Arts Club in Us gardens the evening
oi June 20.
The chapter will have Us last meet
ing of the season June 8 at 8 15 pm.
ai the Short-ham Hotel.
Miss Emma Holler, leader, will speak
on "The Utubrian School and Vatican
Treasures." The following subjects will
be discussed: "The Umbrian School."
Mrs. O N Pansier: "Biaslifield's and
Symohds' Estimate of Rapliael." Mias
Ellen Bulger and Mrs. J. Leroy Elliott;
General Cliaracter of Art Treasures of
tlu- Vatican." Mrs. Elizabeth Richards
Davidson "The Sistine Chapel.” Mias
Julia Gilbert: "Raphael's fxiggla and
Stanze." Mrs. Mary Matldot, and
"Study of Pictures." by Mrs. Evelyn
Haller. Mrs. Bertram Moore. Miss Irene
Westerman and Miss Katin yn Wood.
Current events will be given by Miss
Lulu O. Adams.
Lincoln Woman's Relief Corps will
meet tomorrow night at W. O. W. Hall,
935 Grant place.
The Washington Head aV Club will
meet at the home of the newly elected
president. Mrs. Andrew P. Anderson,
107 Arlington avenue. Clarendon. Va .
Tuesday evening. The program will Con
sist of several scenes from Sliakespeare
and modern plays. A speaker from
tile George Washington Bicentennial
Commission will tell of the plans foi
the Various celebrations to be held this
Summer.
The Capitol Hill History Club met at
tile home of Mrs. Phillip Martin, United
States Soldiers’ Home. Mrs. D. L.
Pitcher was the assisting hostess. Lunch
eon whs sened on the lawn. The busi
ness meeting was opened by Mrs. Beas
ley. Papers were given by Mrs. H- F.
Phillips and Mrs. Edgar Merritt.
The next meeting will be October 12
with Mrs. E. W. Foltz.
District of Columbia Home Economics
Association.—The annual dinner will be
held June 8 at 6 p.m. at American Uni
versity. There will be election of offi
cers. Subject of meeting. "Personality.”
Speakers—Mrs. Harriet Howe, president
of Zonta Club, "Personality Through
Growth”: Mrs. E. K. Peeples, director
Washington Community Center. "Per
sonality Through Recreation"; Miss
Florence Hall, extension division. United
States Department of Agriculture. "Per
sonality Through Social Contacts"; Miss
Whitman. "Personality Through Cloth
ing." illustrated with living models.
Reservations slioidd be made by June
8 through Miss ElSie Kley. 917 Sixtli
street. Any one wishing transportation
call Miss Ethel Bland. Adams U58U-W.
Tbe Social Club of Washington Coun
cil, Ladies of the U. C. C. of E„ met at
the home of Mrs. Burton. Following
luncheon, the business v.as presided
over by the president. Mrs. Hipsley.
It was derided to hold next meeting
at Haynes Point. June 8. Members will
meet south of United States Treasury
at 11 a.m.
District Sunshine and Community
Societv—The card group will meet June
16, at 2 o'clock, at the home of Mrs.
E. H. Fairless, 242 Maple avenue,
Takoma Park, Md.
An invitation has been extended to
members and their guests to make a
| tour of inspection of the Constitution,
June 8. at 2 o'clock, pier No. 2, Wash
ington Navy Yard.
The Washington League for Hard
of Hearing will be represented at the
annual conference of the American
Federation of Organizations for- the
Hard of Hearing in San Francisco,
June 20 to 23. Miss Downes will de
fend her title as national champion of
lip reading. Mrs. Madden, president;
Miss Florence Berryman and Mrs.
Lanlng will also represent the Wash
ington League, while Miss Wright, Mrs.
Stovel and Miss Timberlake will repre
sent the National Federation.
Girls' Friendly Society.—At the older
members’ conference at the Holiday
House. June 4. and 5. the leaders of the
discussion groups will be as follows:
Mbs Georgia Jeffries, St. Stephens'
Branch. "Reaction of Members to the
G. F S. Service ": Miss Ruth Harvey,
Trinity Branch. “Are the Branch Meet
ings Satisfactory to Members,'' and Miss
Mary Flaharty, St. John's (George
town). “How Much Time and Effort
Should Be Given to Recieation and So
cial Activities?” The advisors will be
Mrs. George E. Pariseau, diocesan presi
des Miss Elsa Needham, diocesan eec
retary. and. Mrs. A. S. Steuart, head of
activities '
The annual card party will be held at
the Holiday House Tuesday afternoon.
The annual colored members’ party
was held May 27 at St. Mary’s Church.
Epiphany Branch meets with Mrs.
Grace Berry at the home of Mrs.
Charles W. Richardson, 2901 Grant
road. Supper will be served about 6 p.m
The Zonta Club met Wednesday at the
Y. W. C. A. for luncheon. Miss Mary
Lindsley. chairman of the Program
Committee, introduced the speakers, who
were: Mrs. Elizabeth Peebles, director
Community Center Department of Pub
lic Schools, and Miss Evelyn Davis, di
rector of dancing
The Washington Soroptimist Club
held its weekly luncheon at the La
fayette Hotel Wednesday. Mrs. Jane
Ryan, director of the club, presided.
The speaker was Hardie Meaktn, man
ager of R-K-O Keith's Theater.
Marie Lawyer of York. Pa., had as
her guest Mrs. CBarlee Thompuon of
Washington. Other guests ware Mias
*
Lawrence of Ocean City, N. J., and
Miss Stillman of Washington, the
guests of Miss Edna Fussell; Mias Ahern
of Buffalo, the guest of Anne Kinslow,
and Mrs. Lydia Dawson of the East
ern Shore of Maryland, tlie guest of
Miss Alice Tyrrell.
Woman's City Club—The Membership
Committee will be guests of Mrs.
Willium W. Spald at tea tomorrow at
4 30 o’clock when plans for the Sum
mer will be outlined.
The House Committee will meet
Tuesday at 11 o'clock preceding lunch
eon at noon.
Tlie Bicentennial Committee is ar
ranging a visit to the Constitution
Thursday afternoon. Members will
meet at the club house and leave for
the Navy Yard at 2:30 o'clock.
The Monday auction and contract
section meet Monday at 10:30 am;
the Tuesday contract practice section.
Tuesdays, at 10 a m ; Tuesday free and
easy, Tuesday, at 8 pm., and the Fri
day contract study group, Friday, at
130 o'clock.
The Columbia Delphian Chapter met
at the Hamilton Hotel June 2. Mrs.
Janie* Yaden was the leader on the
subject ''Sienese and Venetian Paint
ing.'' Topics, "Tlie School of Siena,”
Mis. Brasliears: "Tlie Purpose of Art,”
Mis.- F. Hull; "The Venetian School of
Painting " Mr*. Robert Mancill: "Early
Painters.” Mrs. H. W. Little: "Giorgi
one. ” Mr*. 6 Ferris: "Study of Pic
tures of the Sienese School." Mrs Bren
nan: "Early Venetian Painting." Mrs.
Allen: "By Giorgione," Mrs. Rush.
Tlie chapter, under the leadership of
Mrs Spaid. went on a tour to the
Sears & Roebuck Gallery.
Tlie chapter met May 26 at Congres
sional Library for a tour and study of
the paintings and early artists. A
luncheon was served at the home of tlie
president. Mrs Roy Miller, followed by
an illustrated talk by Mr. Parr of the
Phillips Art Gallery.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Tlyiuff Over the Seat.
In connection with the current at
tempt* to fly across the oceans, the
technology division of the Public Li
brary presents the following list of
books on adventuring by airplane dur
ing the last 20-odd years, exclusive of
Arctic exploration.
Adventure and Exploration by Air.
Beaumont. Andre. My Three Big
Flights. 1912. SZ B386m.
Very like present-day accounts is
Beaumont's description of his European
flights and his reception by the public.
Berget. Alphonse. Conquest of the Air.
1909. SZB458.
Enthusiasm over Bleriot's Channel
crossing and other achievements of
1909 comparable to that caused by 1927
triumplis.
Chamberlin. C D. Record Plights.
1928 SZAC358r.
Life and experiences of a noted flyer,
including his non-stop flight to Ger
many with Levine in 1927.
Karhart. Amelia. 20 Hrs. 40 Min. 1928.
SZA.Ea74.
The story of the flight of the Friend
; ship to Britain in 1928.
; Eisner. Eleanor. The Airway to See
Europe. 1930. SZA.E177.
Not only an amusing record of a
pleasure tour by air. but a useful guide
for travelers minded to follow Mrs.
Eisner's example.
Fultker. A. H. G.. and Gould. Bruce.
Plying Dutchman. 1931. E.F895.
The Inventor of several types of air
planes writes his autobiography with
the assistance of Bruce Gould, aviation
editor of the New York Evening Post.
Fraser. C. C. Heroes of the Air. 1930.
8ZA.F*67h.
A recital of the moat spectacular
flights during the period 1919-1930.
Hawks, Prank. Speed. 1931. E.H317.
■ The author's personal account of his
| experiences as an aviator, with several
chapters presenting arguments for
higher speeds in aviation.
Keyhoe. D. E. Flying With Lindbergh.
1928. SZA.K52.
An entertaining description of Lind
bergh's tour of the United States fol
lowing his New York-to-Paris flight.
Kingsford-Smith. C. E.. and Ulm, C.
T. P. The Flight of the Southern
Cross. 1929. SZA.K61.
How two Australians, with two Amer
icans, crossed the Pacific in 1928.
Kohl. Hermann, and others. The Three
Musketeers of the Air. 1928.
SZA.K82.E.
The first east-west crossing pf the
Atlantic is described by the three men
who made the flight in the Bremen.
Konig-Warthausen. F. K.. Baron von.
Wings Around the World. 1930.
SZA.K836W.
A 22-year-old boy recounts the story
of his 20.000-mile land flight around
the world.
Lindbergh. C. A. We. 1927. E.L642.
"The famous flyer's own story of his
life and his transatlantic flight, to
gether with his views on the future of
aviation."
Hasson. Sir Philip. The Third Route.
1929. 8ZA.6a77.
From England to India—a historic
route first covered by land, tlieu by
tea. and now by air.
Smith, Sir R. M. 14.000 Miles Through
the Air. 1922. SZA.Sm67f.
A vivid account of the first flight
from England to Australia, made in
1919.
Thomas, L. J. European Skyway*. 1927.
SZA.T363e.
An account of the author’s aerial
Jaunt of 25,000 miles over Europe.
Thomas. L. J. The First World Flight.
1925. 8ZA.T363f.
An entertaining description of the
26.000-mile air tour around the world,
sponsored by the Army Air Service.
Tomlinson, D. W. The Sky's the Limit.
1930. SZT59.
The flying adventures of the famed
leader of the "Three Hawks.”
Wellman, Walter. The Aerial Age.
1911. SZ.W467.
Describes the problems Involved in
attempting to reach the North Pole by
balloon in 1007 and 1900.
Westervelt, G. C. The Triumph of the
N. C.'a. 1020. SZA.W623.
Detailed account of the preparations
and actual Eight resulting in the Erst
crowing of the Attaotto tap ate. IB IMtti
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. EDGEBTON.
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RUITS of the five-year building program of the Army Air Corps
will be born this month when the first permanent air brigade
In the history of the corps will be created and a new attack
wing and bombardment group will be organized.
Langley Field, Hampton, Va., 110 miles from the National Capital
as the airway goes, is to be the home of the brigade, which wifi be
known as the 1st Bombardment Brigade, and will be composed of the
2d Bombardment Wing, now active, and the 8th Pursuit Group now
being organized. Other developments of the month include crea
tion of the 3d Attack Wing, at Fort Crockett, Galveston Tex and
the 19th Bombardment Group, at Rockwell Field, Calif
Organization of the new units is going forward despite failure
of Congress to keep up appropriations for completion of the “five
year” program, which now is being delayed beyond its original date
af completion. The expansion represented by the establishment of
the new organizations is regarded as of the utmost importance to
the Nation's aerial defenses. Even though the organizations thus
created are not up to war strength, the nucleus is provided in oper
ating form for a war-time fighting air force of greater strength than
the country has known.
Tills months developments make
Langley Field one of the most Impor
tant of the Army’s great air centers,
combining not only a full air brigade,
but also an airship center, since the
field Is the operating base of the 19th
Airship company. Langley Field also
Is the liome of the great aeronautical
research laboratories of the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
To Langley Field the Air Corps is
moving the 36th Pursuit Squadron from
Selfridge Field. Mich., and the 58th
Service Squadron from Brook's Field.
Texas. ITiese squadrons, together with
the 33d and 35th Pursuit Squadrons,
which are now inactive, but which are
to be organized before June 15, will
compose the new 8th Pursuit Group.
The group headquarters section now Is
active at Langley Field. The 36th
Squadron, now commanded by Capt.
Ennis C. Whitehead, will bring 5 offi
cers and 100 enlisted men to Langley,
while the 58th will bring three officers
and 130 enlisted men.
Tlie 1st Bombardment Brigade head
quarters section and tlie 28lh Commu
nications Section, both now active at
Langley Field, are to be fully organ
ized during the month.
Port Crockett has been the home of
the 3d Attack Group, which Is to be
expanded to the status of a lull attack
wing, combining both attack and pro
tective pursuit aviation. The wing
headquarters section will be made ac
tive at Fort Crockett on June 15.
For the purpose of organizing the
19th Bombardment Group at Rockwell,
the Air Corps Is moving 11 officers and
88 enlisted men from March Field to
Rockwell not later than June 25 and
at the same time will make active the
30th and 3L’d Bombardment Squadrons,
which will be added to the existing nu
cleus of the group.
In preparation for organization of
the pursuit outfits at Langley, 18
P-12C pursuit planes recently were
flown to Langley from Selfridge Field.
The flight was under command of
Capt. Whitehead. Very bad weather
conditions were encountered and the
flight was delayed several days, two of
the ships being forced dow n and
slightly damaged, one ntar Union town,
Pa . and the other 20 miles from Wash- ■
ington.
New Air Schedules Provided.
Inauguration of the new Ludington
Airline express schedules between this
city and New York has given that line
30 daily flights over the line—the most
frequent air passenger service in the
world. Four express round trips have
been sandwiched in between the reg
ular hourly schedules, two in the morn
ing and two in the afternoon. 80
muiutes' flying time being allowed be
tween the terminals under the new
schedule.
The new express planes, three of
which hare been put into operation,
are 10-place Fleetsters. powered with
650-horsepower Wright Cyclone engines.
Nine passengers are carried in a cabin
vtnuialed by air-ducts let into the
leading edges of the wings.
The Pleetsters. developments of the
fast Army "pursuit transports” of the
past 18 months, cruise at 155 miles
per hour and have a top speed of about
180 with full load, including fuel for
600 miles.
The Ludington Airlines, in 20 months
of operation, have carried approximately
100 000 passengers a distance totaling
nearly 3.000.000 miles between New
York, Philadelphia and Washington.
Blind Flying Practicable.
Operation of airlines day after day
with virtually unfailing regularity,
under conditions which call for more or
less extended periods of blind flying on
almost every trip, not only U possible,
but Is being carried on on some of the
Central and South American routes of
Pan-American Airways, tha great
United States Post Office Department
contracting airmail system which con
nects all but two of the countries in
the Western Hemisphere.
The airline has instituted blind fly
ing policies which liave provided for
the training of every pilot on the sys
tem In flight under conditions of no
visibility. The result has been that
operations on some of the bad sections
ol the route are conducted with even
greater regularity than railroad opera
tions In the same area, it has been re
ported to officials here.
On the route into Mexico City, where
unbroken clouds are the rule on one
side of the mountains or the other, it
was possible to maintain less than 60
per cent of the regular schedules prior
to the institution of blind-flying poli
cies. During the past three years, with
Instrument flying as a basic policy,
schedules have averaged 99 71 per cent
regularity, and less than an average of
one trip in a thousand has been can
celed because of "bad" flying condi
tions.
The Pan-American system Is said to
be the first In the world to qualify all
its first-line pilots In blind flying. The
line established its first •'blind-flying"
class in May. 1929. at Brownsville.
Tex., and today is operating branches
of the school at three other points. It
has been found, according to officials of
the system, that any efficient pilot Is
fully capable of flying blind after
proper training, though it had been a
generally accepted theory that only the
exceptionally skillful pilot possessed the
faculties of co-ordination necessary to
flight by instrument.
Navy Transfers Ordered.
Naval aviation circles In the National
Capital will lose several well known fig
ures this month. Orders have been is
sued for the transfer to sea duty
of Lieut. Comdr. Wallace M. Dillon, in
charge of Naval Aviation Reserve ac
tivities, Navy Bureau of Aeronautics,
and Lieut. Stanhope C. Ring, aide to
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief
of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics.
Comdr. Dillon will report to the U. S.
S. Lexington for duty with VP Squad
ron 5B. Lieut. Ring will see dutv In
VP Squadron 3A, aboard the U. S. S.
Langley.
Lieut. Ralph A. Ofstle, chief of the
flight test section at the Anacostia
Naval Air Station, has received his
orders for sea duty and will join the
fleet toward the end of the month.
Lieut. Ofstle has been in charge of the
section which conducts all of the Navy's
flight test work on new planes during
the most important period of its growth,
and has built up a reputation for effi
ciency and application to duty w'hich
is recognized throughout the naval
aviation service.
Lieut. Comdr. Wilbur M. Lockhart
will be detached from the Bureau of
Aeronautics about July 15 and will be
come aerological officer of the U. S. S.
Saratoga. Lieut. Truman J. Hedding,
now on duty at the Anacostia Naval Air
Station, will leave about June 15 for
duty aboard the Saratoga.
Lieut. Thomas H. Robbins, jr„ oper
ations officer at the Anacostia Nava! Air
Station, has just been transferred from
that station to duty in the Navy Bureau
of Aeronautics.
Army Changes Also Ordered.
Bolling Field will lose two more
officer-pilots through transfer this
month. Capt. Ira C. Eaker, one of the
best-known of Army pilots. Is to leave
the local station for duty on the Pacific
Coast. He has engaged in many spec
tacular flights during his tour of duty
here, among them the famous refueling
endurance record flight of the Ques
tion Mark, several transcontinential
speed attempts and an attempted record
speed flight from Washington to Pan
ama and return. He was handicapped
by repeated engine failures, one of them
nearly costing his life, and has gotten
away with a number of landings in fast
planes with retractable landing gear
jammed in the closed position. He has
served, while here, as personal pilot to
Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, retired
chief of the Army Air Corps and
other Army leaders. The second local
pilot to leave Bolling will be Lieut.
Leiand B. Stranathan, assistant oper
ations officer.
New Aviation Insurance Planned.
Following four years of study and ef
fort by John S. Reaves, founder of the
United States Amateur Air Pilots' Asso
ciation, which is to aviation what the
United States Golf Association is to golf,
arrangements have been made for issu
ance of insurance policies through any
broker in the United States which will
provide unprecedented protection to
sportsman pilots and which are expected
to serve as a powerful stimulus to pri
vate flying.
Tlie policies will contain none of the
drastic flight restrictions heretoiore im
posed and will make coverage cf all
kinds available at rates which for the
first time equal or are less than those
for corresponding non-aeronautic risks.
Reaves estimated that the premium sav
ing to existing private airplane owners
will amount to approximately a half
million dollars a year.
Mishaps experienced by amateur
flyers who carried no insurance because
of excessive premiums hitherto charged
not only have deprived them of equip
ment they had no money to replace,
but in many instances have resulted
in public losses which could not be re
covered. These evils. Mr. Reaves be
lieves. will be alleviated, if not com
pletely eliminated, by the new rates
Under the new plan a pilot of 200
or more hours of experience is able to
protect himself against accident for a
minimum of $7.50 per $1,000 annually,
the first standard premium of the kind
ever established. Public liability in
surance up to $50,000 can be had for
$70 a year, less than half the premium
paid for the same coverage by an au
tomobile owner in New York. Passen
ger liability rates are now computed
on a percentage of the face value of
the policy, not upon seating rapacity,
a practice which in the past has
forced owners very often to pay for
insurance on empty seats. For $90 a
year an airplane may be insured for
$3,000 against lire, windstorm, theft,
tornado and ground damage, including
collision. The same amount of col
lision insurance alone for an automo
bile would carry a premium of around
$310. it was stated. The policies em
brace flying in any part of North or
South America, flying at night, over
water hops and flights by approved
pilots other than the owner. The plan
Is underwritten by Barber <fc Baldwin.
The new insurance plan is hailed by
aviation leaders as being a great in
I centive to increased private flying.
Charles L. Lawrance. president of the
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce,
I characterizing it as "a great contribu
j tion to the cause of private flying.”
Hard on Targets.
Owing to the difficulty of devising!
a floating naval aviation target which
, may be towed without diving and
bombed without sinking, local naval
officials were much interested in a
i recent report from the naval base at
Pearl Harbor. Hawaii, that the gun
nery officer had produced a target
which neither sinks nor dives and was
offering 5-to-l odds that the target
would still be afloat when he finishes
his tour of duty.
The target was a condemned Sn-foot
motor launch. Which was caulked,
housed over completely with old air
plane crates, covered with canvas,
sealed with tar and painted white,
red and yellow'. To make it tow bow
high 1.300 pounds of cement was
placed In the stern, and to keep It
afloat If some one should be so un
pleasant as to hit it with a bomb nine
sealed oil drums were lashed inside
Eight days later came the report
that the target was badly damaged by
r dirMp hit with a water-filled bomb.
Six ribs were broken and some of the
side planking carried away. Local of
ficers are wondering whether the odds
remain at 5 to 1.
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